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Tom Rivers: The 34-year-old morning megamouth of CHUM-AM was popularly supposed to be a success story: three weeks ago he was out on the street, fired for not performing
Tom Rivers: The 34-year-old morning megamouth of CHUM-AM was popularly supposed to be a success story: three weeks ago he was out on the street, fired for not performing

Tom Rivers: The 34-year-old morning megamouth of CHUM-AM was popularly supposed to be a success story: three weeks ago he was out on the street, fired for not performing

Date12/30/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Tom Rivers: The 34-year-old morning megamouth of CHUM-AM was popularly supposed to be a success story: three weeks ago he was out on the street, fired for not performing.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0076393F
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